Columbia University is colluding with the far-right in its attack on students | Moira Donegan

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : And though some fears of rising antisemitism in the wake of growing American opposition to Israel's actions in Gaza appear to be sincere, there is no reasonable assessment of the Columbia protestors' concerns that can depict them as motivated by anti-Jewish animus.
51% : The police raid against Columbia students that followed the next day can be seen as an extension of the policy of appeasement and preemptive compliance with the anti-Palestinian, anti-student Republican right that Shafik adopted in her testimony.
48% : In her willingness to unleash state violence against student protestors, Shafik proved herself their willing ally.
44% : In her willingness to unleash state violence against student protestors, Minouche Shafik proved herself to be a willing ally to extremistsThe students sat on the ground and sang as police in riot gear approached them.
35% : Sneering attention from conservatives, after all, is not merely a tedious waste of time, though its certainly that; it is also a threat to universities' relationships with the people whose interests shape their academic policies with more and more bald transparency: their donors.

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